mc5 - AVMA Take 2

[Inks[ metal? - NO

Is it in Asia?

Phil

Does it commemorate a religious figure?

Getting warm

[Néa] Asia? - NO
[Phil] religious figure? - YES (considerable applause)

The Buddha?

[Iroul] Buddha - NO

Christ the Redeemer?

(in Rio de Janeiro)

Was the person it commemorates alive within the last 200 years?

And the baton is passed

[Néa] - YES It is the Statue of Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado in River of January

Gah, I need to stop guessing when I'm sure I'm right...
All right, then - ABSTRACT.

With ANIMAL and MINERAL connections.

A human construct?

(trad)
[Néa] Just as well you got that as I could have had a problem answering Raak's question.

Human construct? YES.
Feel free to answer it now if you like!

sedevacantism?

Salt cod?

[Sede vacante] NO
[Gadus salinicus] NO

Is the animal connection human?

Anything to do with Christmas?

[Human] YES
[Christmas] NO

One particular human?

Is there a literary connection?

[One particular human] NO
[Literary] NO (the audience doesn't look entirely convinced of this answer)

Is it a class of human identified by reference to geographical location?

[Geography] NO

Fictional?

[Fictional] NO

Is the abstract notion always obvious in any of the humans involved?

Connected with a branch of the arts?

Is gender relevant?

[Always obvious] I think the answer must be NO, depending on what you mean by "always".
[Arts] NO
[Gender] NO

Is the mineral connection water?

[Water] YES

Any religious significance?

Connected with folklore/faerie or the like?

[Religious significance] There is a definite religious connection, YES, but it doesn't intrinsically have to be there, NO.
[Folklore/faerie] NO

Is it some form of ritual?

[Ritual] YES! (Big applause)

A rain dance?

[Rain dance] NO

Is it water in a particular form?

[Particular form] YES (audience smiles)

Phil

A snowball fight?

Does it involve the sea?

[Snowball fight] NO.
[The sea] YES!

Is the religion Christianity?

[Christianity] YES, but NOT exclusively.

Is the particular form of water snow?

[Snow] NO

Anything to do with Christmas/New Year?

[Christmas/NY] NO

Is it something to do with precipitation?

[Precpititita... er... falling water] NO

A ceremony performed on crossing the equator?

[Equatic ceremony] NO.

Any sea, or a particular sea?

Burial at sea?

*applause!*

[Any sea] YES - because...
[Burial at sea] YES! Well done, that Raak.

The next one is MINERAL.

CdM

Anything to do with snow?

[CdM] No.

Man-made?

[Rosie] Yes.

Mostly metal?

[Rosie] Yes.

Is there just one of this?